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Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 7500 Pass Before Bier of M.S. Hershey Prior to Unpretentious Funeral Rites

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.529.03 Author/Creator: Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 4 November 1945 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 4, 1945. Article is concerning the funeral of Milton Snavely Hershey founder of Hershey Chocolate. It includes two images one of the casket and one of a crowd in front of the Hershey Industrial School where the body was on display.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Hershey, Milton Snavely, 1857-1945

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